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June 1, 2011

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This isn't fun to admit or broadcast publicly but here goes: The FPO Awards have not met our expectations nor our estimates of how many people would enter. We have just received slightly over 100 entries and the original deadline is two days from now. While we believe in miracles we don't see one coming our way and raining over 300 entries to cover what we had anticipated. We have our theories as to why we may find ourselves in this situation but that doesn't solve the problem at hand so we are making one final move to see if we can salvage this project. \n\nAt this point it isn't about making a profit — maybe about covering our expenses — but about putting together a great selection for our judges and a great book celebrating the winners. The GOOD news is that the work submitted so far is really, really awesome. So even with what we have we feel the results would actually be pretty fantastic, but we don't feel it fully does justice to the breadth of work being done by our readers. So…\n\nAll current fees will be cut 50%. Deadline to send materials is extended until next Wednesday, June 8. (Judging is on Friday the 10th, so we need a day to process everything).\n\nFurthermore:\n\nEligibility of pieces has been broadened to accept projects produced in 2011, along with the original 2010.\n\nIf you have sent us a physical piece for publishing here on FPO in the eligible timeframe you could save on the shipping costs by just filling out the online forms and we would print and attach to the entry. Just e-mail us to confirm we still have it in our archives.\n\nIf you are one of the people who have already submitted and paid in full and feel like you should not pay in full please e-mail us and we will gladly refund the difference between what you paid and the current prices. If you feel like supporting this project we will also gladly keep that difference. (You should have also received a courtesy e-mail from us with this note).\n\nWe hope to count on your support to make this a successful, if bumpy, inaugural FPO Awards.